Perhaps he did. As long as a sense of offended pride remained with me, I could not help thinking that he had left me for good; but when I flung my dignity and pride to the winds and came out on the common streets, then it seemed to me that he too had come out: I have been finding him since the moment I was on the road. I have no misgivings now. All this suffering that I have gone through for his sake, the very bitternesss of all this is giving me his company. Ah! yes, he has come--he has held me by the hand, just as he used to do in that chamber of darkness, when, at his touch, all my body would start with a sudden thrill: it is the same, the same touch again! Who says that he is not here?--Surangama, can you not see that he has come, in silence and secret?... Who is that there? Look, Surangama, there is a third traveller of this dark road at this hour of the night. (SURANGAMA: I see, it is the King of Kanchi, my Queen.) King of Kanchi! (SURANGAMA: Don't be afraid, my Queen!) Afraid! Why should I be afraid? The days of fear are gone for ever for me.

Sudarshana Monologue from The King of the Dark Chamber

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